The Color Clear Explained

The Color Clear
Type:Studio
Artist:Reflections
Cover:File:The_Color_Clear.jpg
Released:September 18, 2015
Recorded:The Machine Shop
Genre:Metalcore, djent, progressive metal
Length:38:16
Label:eOne, Good Fight
Producer:Will Putney
Prev Title:Exi(s)t
Prev Year:2013
Next Title:Willow
Next Year:2020

The Color Clear is the third studio album by American metalcore band Reflections. The album was released on September 18, 2015, through eOne Music and Good Fight Entertainment. It was recorded and produced by Will Putney in Belleville, New Jersey.

A music video was released for the first single from the album "Actias Luna" on August 18, 2015. To promote the album, a tour was held during the winter months at the end of 2015 and beginning of 2016.

Content

Musical direction

The band's musical direction shifted greatly from their last album which led to a lot of mixed reviews and confusion amongst fans. Vocalist Jake Wolf explained "It’s a sound that was found while writing The Fantasy Effect and lost in the midst of writing and recording our album Exi(s)t."[1]

Lyrics

In an interview with NewNoise Magazine, Wolf explained that "It wasn’t until the process of writing and making The Color Clear that I was able to find myself again." He also went on to state that many of the topics included on the album reflect his "years of physical, mental and emotional abuse, chemical dependency, more traumatizing events than I care to remember, and years of self harm."[2]

Personnel

Additional personnel

Chart history

Notes and References

  1. Alper, Eric (2015-08-18)."Reflections Debut Music Video, Pre-Orders for The Color Clear" Retrieved on 201-02-18.
  2. Anderl, Tim. (2015-10-28). "Interview: Reflections on Battling Addiction, Letting Everything Out" New Noise Magazine. Retrieved on 2016-02-18.
  3. http://www.billboard.com/artist/5771578/reflections/chart?f=326"Billboard Artist: Reflections"
  4. Brown, Matt (2016-09-30).By Numbers 9/30: Fortune shines down on the charts". Metal Insider. Retrieved on 2016-02-18.